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NHS Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC)

Practice: Technology · Type: Standard · UK-specific

The NHS Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) is the national baseline that digital health technologies must meet across clinical safety, data protection, technical security, interoperability and usability. Celeredge evidences the DTAC criteria for a digital health product and surfaces the gaps to clear before NHS procurement or deployment.

Benefits​

  • Scored on DTAC's own criteria — not a generic rubric.
  • Every criterion traceable to the client's own product evidence.
  • Gaps ranked by severity, ready to clear before NHS procurement.
  • A board-ready slide deck and detailed report, generated automatically.
  • Re-runnable as the product evidences each criterion.

When to use it​

  • A digital health product is preparing for NHS procurement or deployment.
  • A supplier needs to evidence the DTAC baseline ahead of a buyer's assessment.
  • A team wants to surface DTAC gaps early, before formal review.

What it assesses​

The assessment evidences the DTAC criteria for a digital health technology:

  • Clinical safety
  • Data protection
  • Technical security
  • Interoperability
  • Usability and accessibility

Expected output​

Per-criterion readiness scores on DTAC's own scale; a confidence signal and citations on every answer; gaps ranked by severity; and a board-ready slide deck plus a detailed HTML report. See Maturity Scoring, Reports and Deck Studio.

How to use it in Celeredge​

  1. Collect evidence — Evidence Collection.
  2. In Diagnose, select NHS Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC).
  3. Run it and watch it stream — Running Assessments.
  4. Review answers with confidence + citations; accept the ones you trust.
  5. Send gaps to Plan — Gap Analysis.

FAQ​

What is the NHS Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC)?​

The NHS Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) is the national baseline that digital health technologies must meet across clinical safety, data protection, technical security, interoperability and usability.

What does a Celeredge DTAC assessment deliver?​

An evidence-based maturity or readiness assessment scored on DTAC's own scale, with gaps ranked by severity and an auto-generated, board-ready slide deck and detailed report — every score traceable to the evidence behind it.

How does the assessment work?​

Clients upload their own evidence — policies, reports and data. An AI interviewer asks targeted follow-ups to fill anything missing, the platform scores against the framework, ranks the gaps, and generates the deliverables.

Celeredge runs an independent readiness and alignment review against this framework. It is not a certification audit and is not endorsed by the standard's owner. Framework and standard names are trademarks of their respective owners.